Roman Hobza

This study tracks how feather hydrolysate affects soil microbiome succession over 30 days, showing a shift toward copiotrophic and plant-beneficial taxa.

The paper functionally characterizes a cyanobacterial TonB-dependent transporter for cyanochelin B uptake and shows its specificity and evolutionary link to other siderophore transport systems.

This study shows cytokinins suppress premature secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis by downregulating NAC transcription factors, affecting tracheary element size and conductivity.

The paper studies the evolution of an X-A balance sex determination system in hops by analyzing genome sequences of two hop species and identifies a candidate gene involved in the system.

This study sequences the giant Y chromosome of Silene latifolia and reveals its structure, function, and evolutionary history.

The paper analyzes subtelomeric satellite DNA in Cannabaceae species to understand their evolutionary origins and chromosomal localization.

The paper identifies centromeric repeat diversity in hop that contributes to non-Mendelian segregation patterns and genome instability during meiosis.

The paper studies Y chromosome degeneration in Rumex hastatulus by analyzing phased genome assemblies of old and new sex chromosomes, finding extensive gene loss and transposable element expansion on the Y chromosome.

The paper develops a Hi-C data analysis pipeline to study repeat family interactions in plant genome 3D organization, finding preferential homotypic interactions among ribosomal DNA, transposons, and some LTR retrotransposons.

This study identifies the sex chromosome in Mercurialis annua using genomic and transcriptomic data, revealing suppressed recombination and X/Y sequence divergence without extensive Y-chromosome degeneration.